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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in familial Mediterranean fever: are we treating depression or inflammation?

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  1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

    Levent Özçakar & Ayşen Akinci

  2. Department of Rheumatology, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

    Ahmet Mesut Onat & Kemal Üreten

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

    Semra Ulusoy Kaymak

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Özçakar, L., Onat, A.M., Kaymak, S.U. et al. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in familial Mediterranean fever: are we treating depression or inflammation?. Rheumatol Int 25, 319–320 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-004-0511-8

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